Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 21:01:49 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Ocean City weekend, good + bad, 12/13 & 12/14/03 In-Reply-To: <000a01c3bea4$2def7e50$6400a8c0@NORM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, Observers: Kevin Graff, 5 Delaware birders Harry Armistead, Jared Sparks, 4 Ohio birders Inlet Park, South 2nd St. - 12/13/03 0730am-1030am 31 to 36 degree, MS changed to PS at 930am, & 1145am-215pm 1 Red-throated Loon 5 Common Loon 5 Northern Gannet 4 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Great Cormorant - 1 adult 3 Black Vulture - over bay headed north 1 Turkey Vulture - harbor 2 Canada Goose - flyby near harbor 4 Mallard 2 King Eider - 1 imm. male, 1 female 6 Common Eider - 2 imm. males, 1 male, 3 females 55 Surf Scoter 2 White-winged Scoter 10 Black Scoter 11 Red-breasted Merganser 9 American Oystercatcher 27 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Sanderling 7 Purple Sandpiper 58 Ring-billed Gull 34 Herring Gull 28 Great Black-backed Gull 6 Forster's Tern 53 Rock Pigeon 10 European Starling 1 Snow Bunting - 205pm at inlet 1 Boat-tailed Grackle 2 Purple Finch - flyby over pines at Coast Guard 2 American Goldfinch - same as above South Ocean Drive/Harbor Drive, N Ocean City 1045am 1 Common Loon - bay 4 Mallard - pond w/ one white Domestic Duck 2 Red-breasted Merganser - bay 4 American Coot - pond 8 Ring-billed Gull - bay 5 Great Black-backed Gull - pond Northside Park 11am-1130am 2 Double-crested Cormorant 223 Canada Goose 22 Mallard 15 Bufflehead 24 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Merlin 2 Killdeer 2 Western Sandpiper 2 Rock Pigeon 1 Mourning Dove 1 Belted Kingfisher 26 European Starling 1 Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 1 "Slate-colored" Junco 11 Common Grackle - w/ starlings 1 Boat-tailed Grackle 2 House Sparrow Hooper's Restaurant 220pm-230pm 4 American Black Duck 1 Marbled Godwit - mudflat w/ gulls 19 Ring-billed Gull 10 Herring Gull 8 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Northern Cardinal West Ocean City Pond 230pm-330pm 40 degree 1 Great Blue Heron 4 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 48 Canada Goose 56 Tundra Swan 10 Gadwall 11 American Wigeon 4 American Black Duck 50 Mallard 69 Northern Shoveler 43 Northern Pintail 259 Canvasback 1 Redhead 15 Lesser Scaup 2 Bufflehead 28 Hooded Merganser 14 Ruddy Duck 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk - along road 48 American Coot 16 Ring-billed Gull 7 Mourning Dove 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 American Crow 1 American Robin 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 Song Sparrow 6 Red-winged Blackbird - flyby Sunday was bad with 40 mph gale force (northeasterly winds), 15' waves crashed along seawall and created 1" flood on inlet parking lot 9am-10am mostly from car due to rain and gusty wind Inlet Park - 12/14/03 additional: 12 Bonies, 1 adult Black-headed Gull, 1 female Harlequin Duck (not seen on Sat) also 3 Common Eider and some scoters Kevin Graff Jarrettsville, MD weekday Ocean City, MD weekend ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================